The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Band 1James Ballantyne and Company, 1806 |
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... tion ruined his cause ; and he was deserted , at Abercorn , by the knight of Cadyow , chief of the Hamiltons , and by his most active adherents , af- ter they had ineffectually exhorted him to com- 1453 mit his fate to the issue of a ...
... tion ruined his cause ; and he was deserted , at Abercorn , by the knight of Cadyow , chief of the Hamiltons , and by his most active adherents , af- ter they had ineffectually exhorted him to com- 1453 mit his fate to the issue of a ...
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... tion ; and Hugh , Earl of Ormond , his second brother , was taken and executed . His captors , Lord Carlisle , and the Baron of Johnstone , were rewarded with a grant of the lands of Pittinane , upon Clyde . - Godscroft , Vol . I. p ...
... tion ; and Hugh , Earl of Ormond , his second brother , was taken and executed . His captors , Lord Carlisle , and the Baron of Johnstone , were rewarded with a grant of the lands of Pittinane , upon Clyde . - Godscroft , Vol . I. p ...
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... tion , which had been pursued by his kinsmen and rivals , the earls of Douglas . Archibald , sixth earl of Angus , called Bell - the - Cat , was , at once , war- den of the east and middle marches , Lord of Lid- disdale , and Jedwood ...
... tion , which had been pursued by his kinsmen and rivals , the earls of Douglas . Archibald , sixth earl of Angus , called Bell - the - Cat , was , at once , war- den of the east and middle marches , Lord of Lid- disdale , and Jedwood ...
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... tion . The clan of Turnbull having been guilty of unbounded excesses , the king came suddenly to Jedburgh , by a night march , and executed the most rigid justice upon the astonished offenders . Their submission was made with singular ...
... tion . The clan of Turnbull having been guilty of unbounded excesses , the king came suddenly to Jedburgh , by a night march , and executed the most rigid justice upon the astonished offenders . Their submission was made with singular ...
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... tion * . " Disgraced and detested , Albany bade adieu to Scotland for ever . The queen - mother , and the Earl of Arran , for some time swayed the kingdom . But their power was despised on the borders , where Angus , though banished ...
... tion * . " Disgraced and detested , Albany bade adieu to Scotland for ever . The queen - mother , and the Earl of Arran , for some time swayed the kingdom . But their power was despised on the borders , where Angus , though banished ...
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Seite 9 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The anchors brak, and the top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam' o'er the broken ship, Till a
Seite 10 - To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast, But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.
Seite c - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Seite 8 - To send us out, at this time of the year, "To sail upon the sea? "Be it wind, be it weet, be it hail, be it sleet, "Our ship must sail the faem; "The king's daughter of Noroway, '"Tis we must fetch her hame...
Seite 6 - To sail this new ship of mine ?" , O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the king's right knee, — " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor,
Seite 12 - A' for the sake of their true loves ; For them they'll see na mair. O lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick Spens Come sailing to the strand ! And lang, lang, may the maidens sit, Wi...
Seite 11 - He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae, fetch a web o' the silken claith, " Another o' the twine, " And wap them into our ship's side,
Seite 7 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Seite 197 - And he has plunged in wi' a' his band, And safely swam them through the stream. He turned him on the other side, And at Lord Scroope his glove flung he — "If ye like na my visit in merry England, In fair Scotland come visit me...
Seite 66 - Tis pleasant there to be ; But there is nought at Otterbourne, To feed my men and me. " The deer rins wild on hill and dale, The birds fly wild from tree to tree ; But there is neither bread nor kale, To fend my men and me.